AllFreeNovel
Share Us
I didn’t know how one of Pack Silver’s lackeys was here, in Maine, but it couldn’t be a coincidence.
Anton was looking for her.
Hades picked Demi up, tossing her over his shoulder like a caveman and marching toward the exit, while Jamison barked, “Explain.”
I gave them a quick, two-second rundown as I kept pace with my pack, who moved with the precision of a well-oiled machine.
Demi banged on Hades’ back, demanding to be put down. Begrudgingly, he set her on her feet after she groaned that the position made her feel sick. Too tense to appear sheepish, he wrapped his arm around her instead, keeping her close.
Thane ran outside to retrieve the car while the rest of us paused by the glass doors, surrounding her with our bodies to keep her out of sight from anyone who may stumble into the lobby. I itched with the need to get her out of here, but it wasn’t smart to rush outdoors where there could be more threats.
“I recognized him,” Demi said, smoothing a hand over her rebelling stomach. “The scars on his knuckles. Those angry eyes. The clipboard. He was there at the auction. I swear he helped run it.”
She dug her hands into her hair, pressing fingertips against her temples as though she needed to soothe a headache that formed from the effort it took to dredge up the image. It bothered her that she couldn’t connect all the pieces from that night. The drugs had muddled her memories, but her intuition was rarely wrong.
Knox strode back toward the hallway we’d emerged from earlier, gun in hand. “Go. I’ll call Lawson and his contact at the FBI. But first I’m going to see Hurst and have him lock down the building.”
“No! I don’t want us to split up,” Demi cried as Thane pulled up out front and Leo reached for the door.
Knox crossed the space separating them in five long strides. Wrapping his free hand around the back of her neck, he held her possessively and claimed her mouth, giving her a breathless kiss that left her reeling and flustered.
I couldn’t explain it, but it was hot watching her with my pack mates.
Her fingers went to her lips as he gazed down at her with obvious devotion. “I’ll be home as soon as I can. Now go. I want you out of danger.”
“Stay safe.”
“As long as you promise to do the same.” Gazing at Jamison, he nodded once. “Take care of her.”
“You know I will,” he swore vehemently. “Call me with updates.”
With that, we swept our mate into the waiting vehicle.
Settling her into the middle seat with Leo on one side and me on the other, I buckled her in and bundled her against my chest as the car veered onto the road.
“Everything will work out,” I soothed, sharing a weighted look with my pack mates over the top of her head. “I promise.”
It was a vow I planned to keep, come hell or high water.
twenty-one
JAMISON
It tookus two-and-a-half hours to make the one-hour drive home. Thane took detour after detour, making sure we weren’t being followed on our way back to our seaside haven. Everyone remained tense and on high alert, and not much changed once we got our mate safely ensconced in the house and bundled into a makeshift nest in the media room.
We piled pillows and blankets all around her and she snuggled in, covering herself with her favorite blue blanket.
“Do you think he was there for me?” Her voice was small and mousey, timid. Shaken. “Or were we just in the wrong place at the wrong time?”
Fucking hell. I wanted to lie to her and tell her it was the latter, but I’d promised not to sugar-coat anything. She wanted to be an active participant in the difficult conversations, and this situation qualified. If I glazed over the danger she was in, she wouldn’t appreciate it when she was less scared and thinking more clearly later on.
“I hope to hell it’s a coincidence, Sweetness, but we can’t take that chance. We’ve got to assume he was there looking for you.”
She nodded, the blanket pulled up past her chin. Only the top rounds of her cheeks and those mossy green eyes peeked out.
Hades settled in behind her, pulling her back against his chest while Leo sandwiched her from the front. Visibly shivering from the relief their closeness brought, she breathed deeply and let her lashes fall closed.
“That’s it, Baby Girl. You’re safe. We’re right here and we’re not leaving your side.” Hades wrapped his arm around her waist, sliding his hand between her and Leo and splaying his fingers over her stomach.
